こくじん
国人
N5Common wordNoun
Noun
indigenous person•inhabitant of a country
Noun
local•native
Noun
local lords and samurai
Noun
daimyo who did not leave his domains to meet the shogun in Kyoto (during the Muromachi period)
Example Sentences
歴史の授業で「国人」という言葉を習った。
I learned the word "kokujin" in history class.
その国人は先祖代々[せんぞだいだい]この土地を治めてきた。
That local lord's family had governed this land for generations.
国人衆は大名に従いながらも独自の勢力を保っていた。
The kokujin lords nominally served the daimyo while maintaining their own independent power.
戦国時代、国人と呼ばれる地方の武士たちが力を持っていた。
During the Warring States period, local warriors known as kokujin held power.